Is Your Parking Lot Helping or Hurting Your Church?
…and don’t come inside. Ensure your parking lot communicates that your church is welcoming and open for one and all! On a related note, have you ever stopped to consider…
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Know Your Purpose
…item you can complete and check off the list, but an ongoing process of discernment. Purpose involves more than one level of our life and work. It includes big questions…
When Church People Swarm
…sitting on the couch of one of the church leaders while he stood with his New Testament open, telling me why I was wrong; in all honesty, however, I have…
The Risks and Rewards of Being an Associate Pastor
…to what a senior pastor has learned about congregational practices, leadership, and healthy ways of balancing the demands of church and family life. Both should take a posture of openness…
Discerning Clues for the Future
…we are open to seeing them. When you see homeless hungry people in your community, God may break your heart over this situation and create a suffering in you. This…
Retirement Best Practices for Pastor and Congregation
…retirement of a pastor is a unique and critical transition for many people. It requires open and honest communication. Developing a sound transition plan provides an opportunity for the pastor…
Becoming a Good Samaritan Church
Combining caring ministry with proclamation of the Gospel is the key to effective ministry says Robert Pierson, according to reviewer Ann Michel. In Needs-Based Evangelism, Robert Pierson, pastor of Christ…
The Rhythm of Home Creates a Sense of Welcome in Multicultural Congregations
…to prepare our leaders for changes that must occur to make the church more open to additional styles of worship and leadership. They had to be just as excited as…
4 Critical Steps in Deploying Your Vision
…Perhaps you are open to the wisdom of Edwin Freeman, whose work has helped me over the years, especially his book, A Failure of Nerve. He said the following about…
Easter Vigil Brings the Story of Salvation to a City in Need
…Keith Anderson Taking Church to the Community by Ann A, Michel Drive-Thru Ashes by Mack Strange 50 Ways to Take Church to the Community Taking Church to the Community Resource…
Becoming a Leader Who Says Yes!
…Bible studies and small group classes for adults, a Wednesday children’s program that had been radically reinvented, a missions initiative that addressed an unmet need in the community using dozens…
Worship Game Changers
…compels people to seek God. And it is what motivates otherwise busy people to occasionally show up on Sunday morning at church. Worship is an act of mission. It is…
7 of John Wesley’s Practices Can Change Hearts Today
…standard fare in church services in Wesley’s day. Although the words were meaningful, the music was a complete disconnect with the common people. It didn’t speak their heart language. In…
The Spiritual Diversity of Congregations
…4: Communitarians. These people know that the state of the whole community, the congregation, is important. They want to build it up, increase its membership, bring in people, make the…
6 Essential Elements of Fruitful Small Groups
…and care, mission, and covenant. 1. Prayer and scripture The two most obvious elements of a small group are the spiritual practices of prayer and reading scripture. Unfortunately, prayer can…
Reading Between the Lines: Navigating Church Politics with Insight and Wisdom
…what is said and unsaid, observe body language and emotions, understand relationships, and identify power players. Mastering these skills helps leaders handle complex church dynamics successfully. Many of us spend…
Top “Leading Ideas” Articles of 2023
…(an E. Stanley Jones Professorship) at Wesley Theological Seminary. Missional congregations must be connected to their context, bound as a community by a common story, open to positive innovation, and…
What Makes Christian Social Innovation Christian?
…Kenda Dean: Yes, I think it has to do with the quality of community. Because of the upside-down nature of agape, a Christian understanding of community turns a lot of…
Genuine Change Involves Continuity
…have the best reputation but being a known entity in the community can establish credibility and open doors. Systems. Maybe they are not as efficient and productive as you might…
10 Questions to Develop Transformative Ministry Innovation
…teenagers and adults in their community. Team members conducted countless interviews and explored demographic data about their community. They observed a common theme in what they learned: Teenagers were experiencing…
The Hidden Impact of Rural Churches: An In-Depth Interview with Bob Jaeger and Rachel Hildebrand
…work together to make the most of older churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques as places that serve both the worshipping community and the larger community. The buildings obviously have cultural…
8 Key Questions to Shift Pastoral Counseling Encounters from Reflection Toward Action
…what do you need to do? Empower counselees by placing responsibility back on them. Some people come to you because you are an authority figure and they want you to…
How to Be Authentic in Public Ministry: An In-Depth Interview with Sarah Bereza
…religious organization. This may not come up in the interview process, but it could come up three years later. You could get a new priest at the parish who doesn’t…
9 Lessons from Nehemiah for Faith-based Property Development
…that difficulty will come from naysayers. Opposition may come from members of the congregation or the denomination. Some may come from people in the community you are trying to help….
7 Questions to Determine if Your Advent Traditions are Still Meaningful
…Microscope, the monthly blog and newsletter produced by the Innovation Lab at the Center for Youth Ministry Training. Their Community Discovery Package can help your faith community get to know…
Living Through a Church Renovation
Daniel Hilty says that any large-scale facility renovation requires a congregation to tolerate a tremendous amount of change and disruption. It’s critical to share information, listen to concerns, and acknowledge…
Volunteer-Savvy Leadership
…don’t like. No Open-ended Commitments Some people avoid committing to leadership positions because they fear it is a commitment with no end. We all know people who have been in…
Shirley Chisholm’s Applied Christianity
…1962, she or other church members could not have imagined all the barriers she would break and doors she would open for herself and others. The church should reassess its…
5 Characteristics of Effective Preaching in the Wake of Mass Trauma
…the whole community. It is important for preachers and community leaders to articulate the nature of community trauma, acknowledging ways the whole community has been changed. After traumatic events, there…
The Power of Core Values
…values Epworth Chapel named are: Prayer. Public, private, and communal prayer is central to all that we do. Excellence. We strive to offer God and one another our best in…
